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There is no reason for data caps (duapolies ISPs are being greedy)... if you sell a specific speed/bandwidth (which are usually sold as bits per second?), I sho
by awqrre 10y ago
There is no reason for data caps (duapolies ISPs are being greedy)... if you sell a specific speed/bandwidth (which are usually sold as bits per second?), I should be able to use it all the time.
- euyyn 10y agoFor most customers, average usage and instant usage are very different though. A data cap is a way to be able and sell higher peak bandwidth than would otherwise be possible, by oversubscribing in a controlled way.
- vog 10y ago> sell higher peak bandwidth than would otherwise be possible What about increasing the total capacity, by investing into the infrastructure? Better transportation technology, putting more fibers in the ground, putting up more LTE/5G/6G/7G whatever towers. Violation of network neutrality gives a competitive advantage to those who trick their customers over those who actually invest in their infrastructure. Network neutrality is a way to restore the ISPs' incentives to invest in the infrastructure, and to protect those ISPs who already do that from their shady competitors. (The only other way would be to educate the population so they votes against network neutrality with their money. That may or may not be harder to achieve than passing a law.)
- euyyn 10y agoNet neutrality and investing in infrastructure are completely orthogonal to data caps, so I'm not sure what you're trying to argue.